All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 2 2018 // Effective Coverage has acquired Brooklyn, N.Y.-based BungalowInsurance.com, an online renters insurance platform geared toward the modern generation. Effective Coverage, a specialty provider of renters insurance and...
Jul 2 2018 // The insurance industry is experiencing a convergence with technology that is transforming the way it develops products, underwrites, prices and sells policies, and services its customers. This change can seem disruptive,...
Jun 29 2018 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) and Latin American risk management association ALARYS signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly promote the FERMA rimap® risk management certification...
Jun 28 2018 // Amazon.com Inc. agreed to buy the online pharmacy startup PillPack, jumping into the health care business with a deal that will give the retail giant an immediate nationwide drug network.The move represents a formidable...
Jun 28 2018 // AssuredPartners Inc., the Lake Mary, Fla.-based insurance broker, has acquired B&W Brokers Ltd. of London. Specializing in providing casualty and property insurance and placing binding authorities, B&W services...
Jun 26 2018 // Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, plans to become a publicly listed company, trading on Nasdaq, after a planned merger with Easterly Acquisition Corp.Under the terms of the merger...
Jun 26 2018 // The insurance industry is experiencing a convergence with technology that is transforming the way it develops products, underwrites, prices and sells policies, and services its customers. This change can seem disruptive,...
Jun 25 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Incline Village, Nev.-based Menath Insurance.Terms of the deal were not announced. Menath Insurance also has offices in Reno, and South Lake Tahoe, as well as in Susanville, Caif.Alera Group...
Jun 25 2018 // Global insurance broker, Marsh, is acquiring Houston-based Wortham Insurance. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018, were not disclosed.Founded in 1915, Wortham has more than 530...
Jun 25 2018 // Western Financial Group Inc. announced that it has acquired Axion Insurance Services Inc. of Ontario. The acquisition was completed on June 19, 2018 and will add 10 Ontario-based locations and approximately 60 insurance...
Jun 25 2018 // AXA, the Paris based insurance & asset management firm, and Fixico, a platform for cosmetic car repairs, after several months of joint testing, have just started to provide AXA’s customers in Belgium with an...
Jun 21 2018 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Marchetti, Robertson & Brickell Insurance and Bonding Agency Inc., with offices in Ridgeland, Mississippi, and Kansas City, Missouri.Terms of the transaction...
Jun 20 2018 // Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. announced on June 19 it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Thailand and Indonesia insurance businesses of Insurance Australia Group Ltd. (IAG) for approximately A$525 million...
Jun 19 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Las Vegas, Nev.-based Kaercher Insurance, which includes Kaercher Campbell, Kaercher Insurance Agency and Sundance Insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kaercher Insurance offers...
Jun 19 2018 // The CEO of Europe’s biggest insurer is up for a big deal. He just doesn’t want Allianz SE to pay for it. Oliver Baete is going to find it hard to have his cake and eat it.Three years into the job, and things...
Jun 19 2018 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based, independent and locally owned agency, has acquired Kelleher & Mackey Insurance Agency (K&M) in Quincy, Mass. Following the acquisition, K&M will be merging into...
Jun 19 2018 // Combined Agents of America (CAA) is expanding its presence in Missouri with the addition of GM Peters Agency, based in Liberty, Missouri. Current owners Shane Davolt and Peggy Marrs acquired the agency in 1999, however, GM...
Jun 19 2018 // Fujifilm Holdings Corp. sued Xerox Corp. on Monday for well over $1 billion, faulting the printer and copier company for succumbing to pressure from activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason in calling off a proposed...
Jun 18 2018 // Risk Strategies has acquired San Rafael, Calif.-based Craford Benefit Consultants. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Craford is an employee consulting and benefits brokerage firm that also has offices in Portland, Ore....
Jun 18 2018 // Even as they look back on several years of steady growth and success, many owners of independent insurance agencies now find themselves at a crossroad where they are pressed to make critical strategic decisions about the...